Antonyms of verb entangle

1 of 2 senses of entangle

Sense 2
entangle, tangle, mat, snarl -- (twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord")
       Antonym of disentangle (Sense 2)
      => disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out -- (extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb entangle

2 senses of entangle

Sense 1
entangle, mire -- (entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past")
       => involve -- (engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!")

Sense 2
entangle, tangle, mat, snarl -- (twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord")
       => twist, twine, distort -- (form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted")

Antonyms of adj entangled

3 senses of entangled

Sense 1
embroiled, entangled -- (deeply involved especially in something complicated; "embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs")

INDIRECT (VIA involved) -> uninvolved -- (not involved; "being uninvolved he remained objective")

Sense 2
entangled -- (twisted together in a tangled mass; "toiled through entangled growths of mesquite")

INDIRECT (VIA tangled) -> untangled -- (not tangled)

Sense 3
entangled -- (involved in difficulties)

INDIRECT (VIA unfree) -> free -- (able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice")

Similarity of adj entangled

3 senses of entangled

Sense 1
embroiled, entangled -- (deeply involved especially in something complicated; "embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in their affairs")
       => involved (vs. uninvolved) -- (connected by participation or association or use; "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified")

Sense 2
entangled -- (twisted together in a tangled mass; "toiled through entangled growths of mesquite")
       => tangled (vs. untangled) -- (in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes")

Sense 3
entangled -- (involved in difficulties)
       => unfree (vs. free) -- (hampered and not free; not able to act at will)

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